National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director (non-feature film)
The National Film Award for Best Debut Film of a Director is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the National Film Development Corporation of India. It is one of several awards presented for non-feature films and awarded with Golden Lotus.
The award was instituted in 1989, at 37th National Film Awards and awarded annually for films produced in the year across the country, in all Indian languages. Since the 70th National Film Awards, the name was changed to "Best Debut Film of a Director" and was changed the status from Silver Lotus to Golden Lotus. Also, the director is alone eligible for the award since this edition.
Winners
Award includes 'Rajat Kamal' and cash prize. Following are the award winners over the years:| Indicates a joint award for that year |